The Restoration of Israel

11 For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I Myself will (A)search for My sheep and look after them. 12 (B)As a shepherd cares for his flock on a day when he is among his scattered [a]sheep, so I will (C)care for My [b]sheep and will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a (D)cloudy and gloomy day. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will (E)feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the (F)streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14 I will feed them in a (G)good pasture, and their grazing place will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down in a good grazing place and feed in [c](H)rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I Myself will (I)feed My flock and I Myself will [d]lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God. 16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the (J)fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will (K)feed them with judgment.

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  1. Ezekiel 34:12 Or flock
  2. Ezekiel 34:12 Or flock
  3. Ezekiel 34:14 Lit fat
  4. Ezekiel 34:15 Lit let them lie down

11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in [a]the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

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  1. Ezekiel 34:12 Hebrew the day of clouds and thick darkness.